20 Azerbaijani families returned to the village of Khorovlu

Members of 20 Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil district today.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by December 24, 2025, 6,206 families (24,729 people) had returned to 31 settlements in the former Karabakh conflict zone, including 191 families (762 people) to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil district.

Today, 20 families (77 people) of former internally displaced persons (IDPs) were sent to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil district, APA reports.

Previously, these families were housed in dormitories, sanatoriums, children's camps, and unfinished and administrative buildings, Report reports.

One of the displaced persons, Almaz Alkeremova, told the publication that she was forced to leave the village at the age of 25 along with her mother and brother. "Today I am returning to Khorovlu with my son. For many years we lived with longing in our hearts. I visited Jabrayil after its liberation, and now I am returning there [to the Jabrayil district] forever," she said.

We waited 33 years to return to our native village.

Sonia Suleymanova reported that she waited 33 years to return. "I was 38 when I was forced to leave Khorovla. I was working as a nurse in the district center at the time. We waited 33 years to return to our native village," the publication quotes her as saying today.

As a reminder, on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan launched large-scale military operations and took control of Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a mass exodus of the Armenian population. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh had arrived in Armenia, and by September 2024, only 14 Armenians remained in the region. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report entitled "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh".